Abstract: Helen Amestoy was a librarian at the Los Angeles County Public Library, and a member of the first graduating class of UCLA's
School of Library Science. This collection consists of letters, clippings, and other ephemera regarding Lawrence Clark Powell
and UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies.

Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.

Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright
and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC Regents do not hold the copyright.

The collection was processed in 2006. The 28 books were removed from the collection at this time so that they could be individually
cataloged and made accessible via the UCLA Library's online catalog. A list of the books included in the original gift is
included in the finding aid for reference purposes.

Biography

Helen Amestoy received her Bachelor of Arts degree in the History of Art and her Master's of Library Science degree from UCLA.
She was a member of the first graduating class of UCLA's School of Library Science. Amestoy began her career at the UCLA Engineering
Library. She later moved to the Los Angeles County Public Library, where she worked for twenty-five years. She served as president
of the California Society of Librarians in 1982 and was honored as Librarian of the Year by the Los Angeles County Library
in 1980. She passed away on July 8, 2004.

Scope and Content

Collection consists of letters, clippings, and other ephemera regarding Lawrence Clark Powell and UCLA's Graduate School of
Education and Information Studies.

Organization and Arrangement

Arranged in the following series:

Letters and ephemera (1957-1998)

Books (1960-1992).

Indexing Terms

The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.

Container List

Letters and ephemera1957-1998

Physical Description: 1 box.

Scope and Content Note

This series consists of letters to Helen Amestoy, clippings, programs, brochures, and other assorted materials relating to
Lawrence Clark Powell, UCLA's Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, and the UCLA Library.

This series consists of books written by, or about, Lawrence Clark Powell. Other topics include book collecting and librarianship.
The books have been individually cataloged and may be found by searching on their titles in the UCLA Library online catalog.